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Another research study that is mentioned supports Dr Wrench's case that the incidence of smoking reduces following a ban on advertising. The study to which Mary Scanlon referred was carried in the International Journal of Advertising.
Before I call Marilyn Livingstone, to be followed by Duncan Hamilton, I point out to the SNP that the last member whom I intend to call is an SNP member.
We have made a significant start in redrawing that relationship.It is essential that a fundamentally different relationship be mapped out between the department and the service to reflect the situation following devolution and the end of the internal market.
I was interested in what you said about the only potential problem that you envisage being a larger uptake of postal votes. As I understand it, following the new regulations, the political parties are encouraging people to use postal votes.
There is suspicion that the process has been driven by officials who have been following an anti-local government and pro-privatisation agenda, with little understanding of the realities of how road contracts work.
I am not suggesting for a moment that we should follow the Irish example and ditch our national opera company, but the Irish Government did listen to what people were saying.